Contrary to fathers' rights propaganda, father perpetrators (along with stepdads and caretaker boyfrends) dominate the most vicious crimes against children: sexual assault, abusive head trauma, murder-suicides, crimes involving gun violence, and other similar forms of physically violent/fatal child abuse. And as more dads are providing child care (either because mom is working and can't find other care, or because dads are increasingly getting unsupervised visitation/custody through the family courts), more dads are are being found guilty of basic child abuse and neglect as well.

10/25/15 -Because of severe time constraints, we are no longer able to do regular updates at Dastardly Dads. We will occasionally post articles on general studies on child abuse/domestic violence, news pieces involving abusive fathers in custody/visitation situations. We wil also be updating the Killer Dads and Custody lists, while looking for a better, more accessible platform for the data.

7/11/16 - We started this blog on June 24, 2009--just over seven years. And like all good things, it's time to bring this project to a close. It has served its purpose. We have close to 10,500 postings regarding fathers and child abuse, with hundred of those cases being enabled by the family courts, social services, and others in authority. The documentation is clear. It is now time to stop documenting and put that energy into changing the situation that puts thousands of mothers and children at risk every day.

OTTAWA — The father accused of involuntary manslaughter in the death of his infant son in Streator was sentenced Friday to five years in prison.

Raymond James Jr., 21, living in Ottawa when he was arrested, could have been sentenced to 12 years in prison under a blind plea entered last month in front of LaSalle County Chief Judge H. Chris Ryan.

The extended sentence range for the Class 2 felony is three to 14 years in prison.

Raymond James III, six months old, was taken to OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria on Aug. 30, 2012, where he died the next day. The father was charged in April of this year after toxicology tests and interviews with medical personnel.

In exchange for the blind plea, a charge of aggravated battery to a child was dismissed.

Fisher told authorities he found the child unresponsive in their Otter Creek apartment in Streator. He initially said he dropped the child but First Assistant State’s Attorney Greg Sticka told Ryan he was prepared to present expert testimony that the internal head injuries could not have been caused by a fall.

Sticka said the injuries were consistent with violent shaking, commonly referred to as shaken baby syndrome.

The child lived with his father and mother, Jasmine Scott, at the time of his death.

Fisher has been jailed in lieu of $7,500 cash since his arrest. He will be credited for time served.